Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-10-29


question does not figure in the trouble as
turns upon their having made reprisals
upon the Piegans and the order for their
arrest which followed"
OTHER INDIANS ARRESTED.
Mr.. Armstrong added: "Thirty Gros
Ventres crossed the Yellowstone last
night, on their way to the Shoshone camp,
but by my request General Dudley has
arrested them and will hold them at the
post till the trouble is settled.'- A cavalry
parade of all the mounted forces in the
garrison took place at Fort Custer to-day.
The weather is getting warmer.
THE HosTILEs SEEKING AID.
Fort CUSTER, October 25. = A jerky
coach drawn by two strong horses bore the
Independent correspondent from Custer
station on the Northern Pacific railroad to
this post, thirty miles south. The road
follows the stage line whose southern ter
minus IS Rock Creek station on the I'm
ion Pacific railroad, nearly the same as
that over which passed the army Of Gen.
Terry in 1876, whose advance troops were
found desd on the battlefield. Rugged
crags and pinnacles of basaltic rock, as
well as points of the broken columns of
clay which form the hills, sometimes over
shadows the trail upon the right, while up
on the left the Big Horn winds in grace
full curves amid groves of cottonwood
The snow which lies about four inches in
depth is cut with the tracks of the infant
try detachment which left Custer on Sat
urday, and the deeper cuts of the noun
tain howitzers, and here and there with the
broader tracks of transport wagons. In a
sheltered spot a night bivouac in the snow
is marked by smoking embers of camp
fires.
The hostifes under Sword Bearer left
their camp several days ago to visit the
Cheyennes, hoping to persuade some of
the braves Of that nation to join them.
What success they met with is not yet
known, but it is thought that they were un
successful, although the Cheyennes have
been disaffected for long period. The
troops which came to this post to-day from
Custer station were three days on the road,
distance Of less than thirty miles. This
shows the most ridiculous inetficiency of
our methods of transportation of troops
in case of Indian warfare. The savages,
unimpeded, ride to and fro, and as did
.Ioseph and Sitting Bull, easily elude pur-
suit. Sword Bearer has sent runners to
the Utes in Colorado, to the Shoshones,
the Piegans and probably to the Sioux
praying for their alliance to join with him
in general uprising.
WHAT GEN. DUDLEY SAYS.
An interview with Gen. Dudley this
evening ELECTED the information that
strong measures would be used in dealing
with the outlaws and should they not make
stand, but attempt to escape, arrange
ments have been made to flank and inter
eept them. The heavy SHOWS and intense
cold make the marches Of the troops
from forts Mckinney and Maginnis one
Of hardship and suffering, but it seems
to be the intention to overawe the Indians
by superiority of members, hence the
large show of force to be used.
GEN. RUGER's PLAN.
Gen. Ruger is determined that the
reds shall instantly be captured, even
| at the expense of considerable bloodshed,
Scouts are held in readiness here to be
sent out tomorrow to watch the move
meuts of the hostiles, and as soon as the
| snow disappears the field will at once be
| taken. 1t is probable that the campaign
| will be lengthy one unless the Indians
should retreat to the mountains, and there
<conceal themselves in the rugged places
known only to themselves. In such an
event the pursuit may be protracted until
| the approach of winter.